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	'''Shantiniketan''' is a [[neighbourhood]] of [[Bolpur]] town in the [[Bolpur subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], approximately 152 km north of [[Kolkata]]. It was established by [[~~Maharshi Devendranath~~ Tagore]], and later expanded by his son, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of [[Visva-Bharati]].<ref name="Santiniketan">Pearson, WW.: ''Santiniketan Bolpur School of Rabindranath Tagore'', illustrations by [[Mukul Dey]], The Macmillan Company, 1916</ref>		'''Shantiniketan''' is a neighbourhood of [[Bolpur]] town in the [[Bolpur subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], approximately 152 km north of [[Kolkata]]. It was established by [[Debendranath Tagore]], and later expanded by his son, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of [[Visva-Bharati University\|Visva-Bharati]].<ref name="Santiniketan">Pearson, WW.: ''Santiniketan Bolpur School of Rabindranath Tagore'', illustrations by [[Mukul Dey]], The Macmillan Company, 1916</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	In 1863, [[Debendranath Tagore]] took on permanent lease {{convert\|20\|acre\|m2}} of land, with two {{transl\|bn\|chhatim}} ([[Alstonia scholaris]]) trees, at an annual payment of Rs. 5, from Bhuban Mohan Sinha, the [[talukdar]] of Raipur, Birbhum. He built a guest house there and named it ''Shantiniketan'' (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area came to be known as Shantiniketan.<ref name="intro">Basak, Tapan Kumar, ''Rabindranath-Santiniketan-Sriniketan (An Introduction)'', p. 2, B.B.Publication</ref>		In 1863, [[Debendranath Tagore]] took on permanent lease {{convert\|20\|acre\|m2}} of land, with two {{transl\|bn\|chhatim}} (''Alstonia scholaris'') trees, at an annual payment of Rs. 5, from Bhuban Mohan Sinha, the talukdar of Raipur, Birbhum. He built a guest house there and named it ''Shantiniketan'' (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area came to be known as Shantiniketan.<ref name="intro">Basak, Tapan Kumar, ''Rabindranath-Santiniketan-Sriniketan (An Introduction)'', p. 2, B.B.Publication</ref>

	[[Binoy Ghosh]] says that [[Bolpur]] was a small place in the middle of the 19th century. It grew as Shantiniketan grew. A certain portion of Bolpur was a part of the ''[[zamindari]]'' of the Sinha family of Raipur. Bhuban Mohan Sinha had developed a small village in the Bolpur area and named it Bhubandanga. It was just opposite Shantiniketan of those days. Bhubandanga was the den of a gang of notorious dacoits, who had no compunction in killing people. It led to a situation of conflict and confrontation, but the leader of the gang, ultimately, surrendered to Debendranath, and they started helping him in developing the area. There was a {{transl\|bn\|chhatim}} tree under which Debendranath used to meditate. Inspired by [[The Crystal Palace]] built originally in [[Hyde Park, London]], to house the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851 and later relocated, Debendranath constructed a 60-foot × 30-foot hall for [[Brahmo Samaj\|Brahmo]] prayers. The roof was tiled and the floor had white marble, but the rest of the structure was made of glass. From its earliest days, it was a great attraction for people from all around.<ref name=binoyghosh>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', {{in lang\|bn}}, part I, 1976 edition, pages 299-304, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata</ref>		[[Binoy Ghosh]] says that [[Bolpur]] was a small place in the middle of the 19th century. It grew as Shantiniketan grew. A certain portion of Bolpur was a part of the ''[[zamindari]]'' of the Sinha family of Raipur. Bhuban Mohan Sinha had developed a small village in the Bolpur area and named it Bhubandanga. It was just opposite Shantiniketan of those days. Bhubandanga was the den of a gang of notorious dacoits, who had no compunction in killing people. It led to a situation of conflict and confrontation, but the leader of the gang, ultimately, surrendered to Debendranath, and they started helping him in developing the area. There was a {{transl\|bn\|chhatim}} tree under which Debendranath used to meditate. Inspired by [[The Crystal Palace]] built originally in [[Hyde Park, London]], to house the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851 and later relocated, Debendranath constructed a 60-foot × 30-foot hall for [[Brahmo Samaj\|Brahmo]] prayers. The roof was tiled and the floor had white marble, but the rest of the structure was made of glass. From its earliest days, it was a great attraction for people from all around.<ref name=binoyghosh>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', {{in lang\|bn}}, part I, 1976 edition, pages 299-304, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata</ref>

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